Ballast Quote by William Penn

Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

— William Penn

Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

— William Penn

Wit is the refractory pupil of judgment.

— William Shenstone

A small degree of wit, accompanied by good sense, is less tiresome in the long run than a great amount of wit without it.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.

— Dorothy Parker

Who can prove Wit to be witty when with deeper ground Dulness intuitive declares wit dull?

— George Eliot

Wit is a sword; it is meant to make people feel the point as well as see it.

— Anonymous

“A perfect judge will read each work of wit With the same spirit that its author writ Survey the whole nor seek slight faults…

— Alexander Pope

That which we call wit consists much in quickness and tricks, and is so full of lightness that it seldom goes with judgment and…

— King James I

Wit never appears to greater advantage than when it is successfully exerted to relieve from a dilemma, palliate a deficiency, or cover a retreat.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Wit is that which has been often thought, but never before was well expressed.

— Samuel Johnson

The best thing next to wit is a consciousness that it is not in us; without wit, a man might then know how to…

— Jean de la Bruyere